Secret of Mana

by Hiroki Kikuta

This is one of my all-time favorites on the SNES.  This is in my opinion, one of the best titles on the system.  After one rental, my brother and HAD to have this game.  We saved up the $60 (in 1993 money) to buy it new.  I would say my playtime on this title likely exceeds all others I played combined.  We usually skilled up ALL the weapons and magic.  The bosses were so easy with fully leveled-up magic.  The multiplayer made it even better – especially how a second player (I never had a multi-tap, so no 3-player for us) could enter and exit the game at any time.